Ventilator each subsequent day at Jersey City Medical Center

355 Grand St, Jersey City, NJ · RWJBarnabas Health · · NPI 1689744856

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 4, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$490.82

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$2,362.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$41.26 with Wellpoint vs $2,143.98 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $41.26 ↓ -92%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $63.74 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $326.00 ↓ -34%
United Healthcare Nexus $326.00 ↓ -34%
United Healthcare Commercial $383.00 ↓ -22%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $383.00 ↓ -22%
United Healthcare Community Plan $651.43 ↑ +33%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $663.95 ↑ +35%
Aetna Better Health $713.56 ↑ +45%
Humana Medicare $778.55 ↑ +59%
Aetna Medicare $778.55 ↑ +59%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $778.55 ↑ +59%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $778.55 ↑ +59%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $778.55 ↑ +59%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $778.55 ↑ +59%
United Healthcare Medicare $794.12 ↑ +62%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $1,059.12 ↑ +116%
Cigna Local Plus $1,256.34 ↑ +156%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $1,256.82 ↑ +156%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $1,279.96 ↑ +161%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $1,331.69 ↑ +171%
Aetna HMO $1,393.58 ↑ +184%
Aetna PPO $1,393.58 ↑ +184%
First Health Commercial $1,417.20 ↑ +189%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $1,437.27 ↑ +193%
Amerihealth Local Value $1,437.27 ↑ +193%
Emblem Health Commercial $1,479.25 ↑ +201%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $1,549.31 ↑ +216%
Cigna HMO $1,596.23 ↑ +225%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $1,669.93 ↑ +240%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $1,669.93 ↑ +240%
Cigna PPO $1,681.27 ↑ +243%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $1,979.82 ↑ +303%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $2,143.98 ↑ +337%

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